I wanted to write something about the great progress being carried on linux as OS of choice for a professional Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) since a long time. With the inclusion of the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) into the 2.6 kernels, time has come to extend my experiences to all of you.

You're right on, man. Linux doesn't have the tools today, and therefor (by Darius' Law) it will NEVER have the tools!

Ok, obviously, I was talking about this particular point in time, Sherlock. I'm not one to pick an OS or app because of the potential it might have at some point in the future, get it? And even as the tools improve, assuming other tools on other platforms continue to evolve, it may end up always bing 2 or 3 steps behind.